La responsabilité est importante pour l’indemnisation.

to be

Breakdown of La responsabilité est importante pour l’indemnisation.

• pour: for
• important: important
• l’indemnisation: the insurance payout

Questions & Answers about La responsabilité est importante pour l’indemnisation.

Why does the sentence start with La responsabilité instead of just Responsabilité?

In French, abstract nouns are often used with a definite article where English might omit it.

So French prefers:

• La responsabilité est importante...

where English might say:

• Responsibility is important...

Here, la means the noun responsabilité is feminine singular.

Why is it importante with an extra -e?

Because importante agrees with la responsabilité, which is a feminine singular noun.

Agreement rules here:

• masculine singular: important
• feminine singular: importante

Since responsabilité is feminine, the adjective must also be feminine:

• La responsabilité est importante.

Why is it l’indemnisation and not la indemnisation?